ISTANBUL (AA) – Every morning, Palestinians queue for hours under the burning sun to fill their bottles and jerrycans with drinking water amid an Israeli war on the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. “Many of them have to walk long distances carrying heavy weights in the summer heat,” the UN […...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The death toll from Israeli bombardment of a UN-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip rose to 22, the Health Ministry said on Monday. At least 102 other people were injured in the attack that targeted the Abu Oreiban School run by the UN Agency for Palestinian […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh spoke by phone with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on developments in Israel’s war on Gaza. Hamas said in a statement on its Telegram channel that Haniyeh called President Pezeshkian “to discuss political and field developments related to the genocidal war being waged by the (Israeli) occu...
Palestinian Territories – AFP A Hamas official on Sunday said the group is pulling out of Gaza truce talks, following an Israeli strike that targeted their commander Mohammed Deif, who was “fine” despite the attack according to another Hamas figure. “Commander Mohammed Deif is well and directly overseeing” the ope...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces in a series of airstrikes targeted various areas of the Gaza Strip, killing several Palestinians, including three children, and injuring many more. A medical source disclosed that three children were killed and several other people injured when an Israeli warplane bombed the Al-Rai family home in Deir...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria’s Culture Ministry announced Friday that it is suspending all major art festivals this summer in solidarity with the people of Gaza who have been facing a devastating Israeli war since October. A statement by Culture Minister Soraya Mouloudji said the ministry will instead intensify activities that e...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Senator Bernie Sanders has urged the American public not to lose sight of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid the media’s focus on the US presidential election. “While much of the media is focused on the drama of the US presidential election, we must not lose sight of what is happening […]
United Nations, United States – AFP A leading South African judge has said that “hardly anything” will deter Israel’s Gaza offensive, but Pretoria’s case against it at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) remains vital to highlight the dire situation. South Africa’s case brought in December 2023 alleges ...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP Around 60 bodies were found under the rubble of a Gaza City neighbourhood, officials said Thursday, after Israel’s military declared an end to its operation there. The upsurge in fighting, bombardment and displacement in the eastern district of Shujaiya came as talks were held in mediator Qa...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that attempts to cooperate with Israel within NATO are “not acceptable.” “It is not possible for the Israeli administration, which has trampled on the fundamental values of our alliance, to continue its partnership relationship with NATO,” Erdogan told a press...